Mnealis 
lituatas 
those obtained by joining all the 
places in a given direction where 
the species stops; the resultant 
lines map out the distribution of 
the said species (Kerner) ; linea’lis 
(Lat., consisting of lines), measur- 
ing about a line ; lin’ear, /inea'ris, 
narrow, several times longer than 
wide ; lin’eate, linca’tus, marked 
with lives, Zinea’ta Va’sa {, vessels 
transversely marked, as annulate 
ducts or tracheids; lineat/‘ipes + 
(pes, a foot), having # lined or 
striated foot-stalk ; lined = linea- 
tus, striatus; lin’eolate, /ineola’- 
tus, marked with fine or obscure 
lines. 
linguiform’is (lingua, a tongue, 
forma, shape), tongue - shaped ; 
ling’ulate, lingwa’tus, also means 
tongue-shaped. 
Li’nin or Li’nine (Alvov, a thread), the 
hyaloplasmic filaments of the nu- 
cleus in repose (Schwarz). 
Linne’an Syst’em, the artificial classifi- 
cation devised by Linnaeus, based 
upon the number and position of 
the stamens. f 
Li‘nolein (Linum, flax, oleum, oil), 
“the glyceride of lineoleic acid 
found in linseed oil.” 
Liorhi’zae (efos, smooth, plfa, root), 
Van Tieghem’s name for Mono- 
cotyledons and Nymphaeaceae, the 
root - hairs being of exodermic 
origin. a 
Lip, (1) one of the two divisions of a 
bilabiate corolla or calyx, that is, 
a gamopetalous or gamosepalous 
organ cleft into an upper (superior 
or posterior) and a lower (inferior 
or anterior) portion; (2) the label- 
Jumof Orchids; ~ Cells, two narrow, 
lignified cells on the sporangia of 
some annulate Ferns, distinct from 
the annulus, which are the first 
to separate on dehiscence; c/. 
SromiuM. a 
Lip’ase (Alqos, grease), a fat-splitting 
enzyme occurring in oily seeds; 
Lip’ochrome (xpwya, colour), the 
yellow pigment of flowers, so 
named by Hansen from its resem- 
blance to an animal pigment ; 
Lipocy’anin (kvavos, blue), the blue 
pigment of some plants. 
lipox’enous (Aelrw, I leave, £éévos, 
a host), deserting its host; Li- 
pox’eny, the desertion of a host- 
plant by a parasite to com- 
plete its development on reserve 
materials previously obtained from 
the host, as in the falling away of 
Ergot, the sclerotium of Cordyceps 
purpurea, Tul. 
lipped, = LABIATE. 
Li’quor (Lat. a liquid) Am’nios (cf. 
AMNIOS), a term borrowed from 
zoology for the fluid ‘‘ contained in 
the sac within which the embryo 
is engendered ” (Lindley). 
Lirel’la (dim. of lira, a ridge), in 
Lichens an oblong apothecium 
with a furrow along its middle, 
as in Opegrapha ; lirel’late, lirel’- 
line, lirella-like ; lirel’liform, Jirelli- 
JSorm’is ( forma, shape), shaped like 
a lirella. 
lisigenet’ic, = LYSIGENETIC. 
Lithobib'lion (los, a stone, BiBdlor, 
a paper or scroll) = LirHoPHyt ; 
Lith’ocarp (xapzos, fruit), fossil 
fruit; Lith’ocyst (xvorts, a bag or 
pouch), a crystalcell; lithoph’il- 
ous, saxicolous, dwelling on rocks ; 
Lith’ophyl (@v\ov, a leaf), a fossil 
leaf or leaves; Lith’ophytes (g¢urov, 
a plant), plants which grow on 
stones, but derive their nourish- 
ment from the atmosphere as 
saxicolous Lichens ; lithosperm’ous 
(crépua, seed), having hard, stony 
seeds; Lithox’yle (vAov, wood), 
fossil wood. 
Lit’mus, a violet colour derived from 
several species of Lichens, such as 
Rocella, ete. 
lit’oral, /itora‘lis (Lat. pertaining to 
the sea-shore), belonging to or 
growing on the sea-shore (A. Gray 
adds “‘ river banks” which strictly 
speaking is ‘“‘riparian”); used by 
H. C. Watson for plants of the 
sea-shore; frequently spelled lit’- 
toral, littora‘lis. 
litua’tus}t (litwus, a crooked staff), 
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